The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-07-01

! profitable, Miss LEM OK sprang new
Investment upon her patron.
"Dop't you think" she inquired
one day, that we could make a
good thing out OF a season in Ameri-
Ca?"
Upon my word, Madge, you quite
take ones breath away. What put
that into your head?"
every one does it-that Is to say,
every one of any position. And most
OF them make money out OF it, l am
told. Why shouldn't we?"
1--WE will try, if YOU like" his lord
ship replied. Nothing would please
me better than a tour with you
through the States"
81 did not know that had invited
yOu," said Miss Lennox, with a slight
change IN her tone. There would
hardly be place in the company for
your lordship, / am afraid"
Miss LennOX had a trick OF putting
aside in some such fashion as this any
approach to familiarity on Lord
DoldaIIy's part. Still, though man
of the world, and not a young one, he
was very much infatuated with her,
and in the hope that the proposed
American venture would make her feel
more appreciative of his attentions,
he gave a general assent to it, and
again lent his chequebook freely for
! the preliminary expenses, which had
to be concludedat once.
Before, however, the preparations
for the American tour were finally
complete, circumstances brought
about an understanding between
his lordship and Marguerite Lennox
rather sooner than he had anticipat-
ed.
The jeure premier of Miss Lennox's
Jollity company was Mr.. Walter Mil
lard, a rising young actor, with an
agreeable person and a lovely voice.
Miss Lennox and he had, in fact.
played together ever since the young
lady's first season in London, and
very nicely they did it-especially the
love-making, which caused excrucia-
ting torture to Miss Lennox's admir-
ers in the stalls. Doldally was too
old stager for weakness OF that kind.
| His experience told him that the
most love-lorn hero and heroine on
the stage are frequently not on speak
ing terms off it. Nor was his lord
ship seriously discomposed when he
discovered, as he did before long, that
a prolonged course of making love to
| Miss Lennox on the stage had given
Mr.. Millard's constitution q
permanent warp that way. Somany
people were obviously and inconsol-
ably in love with Marguerite, that q
| tenor more or less was a matter ofno
moment; added to which, Lord DOB
daily regarded Millard who was quiet,
gentIemanly fellow in private life, as q
| bit of muffy and a person entirely be-
meath his aristocratic notice. His
lordship was, therefore, the more an
noyed when during the latter part of
the Jollity season he noticed signs of
incipient Irritation between Marguer-
ite and Millard in the green-room and
other places where their mutual rela-
tion gave no warrant for such pro-
ceeding. 1t was after intruding one
evening upon q tete-a-tete of this kind,
and receiving tolerably straight
hint that his presence was not desir-
ed, that Lord Doldally determined
to speak his mind plainly without
delay. He accordingly called upon
| the actress the very next morning in
| a far but amiable mood, and lost no
tine in coming to the point.
"Look here, Marguerite" he said;
81 think it is better that We should
come to an understanding"
"On what subject, prayw inquired
Miss Lennox, rather distantly.
First, on the subject OF Millard. i
don't like his dangling about after
you, and / am not going to put up
/ with such Incidents as occurred last
night"
Indeed and what right has your
lordship to express an opinion on
what passes between Mr.. Millard and
myself?"
1.-THE best ofrights. replied the peer,
angrily. Upon my soul you take it
pretty coolly If you think that am
gong to spend fortune"
Stop cried Miss Lennox, in q tone
which rather took her visitor aback.
Before you say anything insulting,
kindly let me have word. If you
viii listen minute or two, think we
shall understand one another as well
as you can desire.
AS You please, said Lord Doldal-
".
"Then / will tell your lor6ship a
story which may make matters plain.
Once upon time, not many years
ago, there lived in London
| a lady. She had two young
daughters who, By her husbands s
premature death, had been re-
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clever girl, seeing her mothers health
failing under the struggle for bread,